PRAYER PAUSE
Monday 15 January 2018
NEW
WINE
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “No one puts new wine into
old wineskins; if he does the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost
and the skins too. No! New wine, fresh skins.!” (Mark 2:18-22)
Reflection. In Mark’s second chapter
the opposition from the Pharisees gathers momentum. Jesus wants people to
change their way of thinking and recognise things do not have to be the way
they are. They can be improved. But he runs up against those who do not want
change. “We are happy the way we are.” “Time is greater than space” is a favourite
saying of Pope Francis. Space is something we inhabit now and we dearly want to
hold on to what we have. But time is a process inviting us to be open to
something yet to come. It is really the heart of the gospel. Jesus calls it “new
wine” inviting us to become intoxicated with his message. But they – and perhaps
we – don’t want it.
Prayer. Lord, teach us to be open
to the surprises you ofer us in the gospels and in our following of you. Amen
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